IWC

IWC was born from an unlikely idea. In 1868, American engineer Florentine Ariosto Jones crossed the Atlantic to found the International Watch Company in Schaffhausen, blending Yankee industrial precision with Swiss craftsmanship on the banks of the Rhine. That engineering-first DNA still defines the brand. The Mark XI navigation watch equipped Britain's Royal Air Force, and today's Big Pilot remains the definitive aviator's timepiece, while the Portugieser, created in 1939 around a marine chronometer movement, is one of the most elegant chronograph designs ever made. From the sporty Ingenieur to the Aquatimer and Portofino, IWC offers purposeful design and serious mechanics at every level. Browse our authenticated IWC Schaffhausen collection and discover the tool watch, perfected.